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digitalize

American  
[dij-i-tl-ahyz, dij-i-tal-ahyz] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tlˌaɪz, ˌdɪdʒ ɪˈtæl aɪz /
especially British, digitalise

verb (used with object)

digitalized, digitalizing
  1. Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.

  2. Computers. to digitize.


digitalize British  
/ ˈdɪdʒɪtəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to administer digitoxin or digoxin to (a patient) for the treatment of certain heart disorders

  2. another word for digitize

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms


Etymology

Origin of digitalize

First recorded in 1925–30; digital(is) + -ize


Example Sentences

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The group invested 1.4 billion euros during the quarter to expand, modernize and digitalize its energy infrastructure and push growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Adding to the rally was an announcement last week of a seven-year strategic partnership between the government of President Nayib Bukele and Google Cloud that aims to digitalize the government and modernize health and education.

From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2023

“My dream is to digitalize all this process,” she said, waving the sheaf of papers listing the day’s burials.

From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022

“We’re trying to digitalize as much of our client experience as possible, front and back, and modernize our technology,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2022

The agency will also aim to digitalize COVID-19 vaccine certificates for those who have completed vaccinations by the end of the year.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021

The post demands deep understanding of myriad securities and digitalized investment platforms.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

The theater affords a space — one of the few left in our digitalized world — for this kind of reflective gathering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

Service robots have seen booming demand as well, given a shortage of workers and increased reliability in digitalized factories, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

The milestone has been fast approaching as the globe gets more digitalized.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

In December 2006, they reached a milestone of 100,000 digitalized books publicly available, with 12,000 new books added per month.

From Technology and Books for All by Marie Lebert

The company is also going all-in on AI, with factory workers in the process of digitalizing paper records.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Yet a greater barrier to digitalizing the border is the complexity of international trade.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2019

That’s why, Ilves explains, the Estonians are digitalizing all their indigenous books and shipping the data out of the country.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016

Absorbing the German tech giant’s advance toward digitalizing output, the German chancellor wore the Siemens logo on her left lapel with an air of unmistakable pride.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2015

So my son’s reaction got to the root of a serious issue: Is written Chinese suited to a digitalizing, globalizing world?

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2012

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